Jeffrey A. Kottler, Ellen Kottler

Students Who Drive You Crazy

Succeeding With Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Take a proactive approach with your most challenging students! This second edition of a bestseller gives teachers a model to assess, understand, and respond to challenging students, plus new tables, charts, and reflection questions. Offering real-life scenarios from interviews with teachers, counselors, and school administrators, this updated volume provides: More tips for developing active listening skills that improve communication with students Suggestions for creating caring communities in the classroom A new section on dealing with aggressive and violent behavior Information on understanding parent behavior and suggestions for building positive connections with parents and families

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Corwin
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781412965286
• ISBN-10: 1412965284
• Artikelnr.: 24952512

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey A. Kottler, Ph.D. is one of the most prominent authors in the fields of psychology, health, and education, having written over 100 books across a broad range of topics. He is professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton and resident scholar at the Alliance for Multicultural Community Service in Houston, Texas, where he works on issues related to refugee mental health and wellness.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Why Do Some Students Drive You Crazy? At a Loss About What to Do Eye of the Beholder So, Who Gets to You? 2. Which Students Challenge You Most? Students From Hell Profiles of Students Who Are Difficult Placing Actions in Context 3. Understanding Students
Challenging Behavior They Are Doing the Best They Can Additional Functions of Conflict When Biology Has Its Say Creating Difficult Students Multiple Viewpoints 4. What Students Do to Make You Crazy Separating Students and Behavior Protecting Yourself Pushing Our Buttons How Failure Helps Engaging the Challenging Student Recognizing Your Limitations Don
t Take the Conflict Personally It Comes With the Territory 5. Changing Your Own Behavior Detachment Without Withdrawal Talking to Yourself Processing Disappointments Internally Stop Complaining Keeping Your Sense of Humor Recognizing Accomplishments and Strengths Reframing Problems Being Flexible Seeking Support Help Yourself First 6. Strategies for Changing Students
Behavior Some Rules of Engagement Develop a Sense of Community Use Counseling Skills Collaborate With Others Brief Interventions Develop Alternate Perspectives 7. Parents and Colleagues Who Drive You Crazy The Least of Our Problems Teachers Who Don
t Understand Administrators Who Handcuff Us Parents Who Fight Us What About You? Those Who Abuse You 8. Preventing Future Problems Proactive Versus Reactive Strategies Paying Attention to Feedback Teacher Strategies That Maintain Momentum Conflict Resolution In Summary References and Suggested Readings Index